10 Video Games That Take A Genius To Beat

6. The Digital Combat Simulator Series

DCS (short for Digital Combat Simulator) is the most brutal flight simulator game ever made. Nobody ever said it was easy to fly helicopters, planes and jets, but where DCS separates itself from the genre is by asking players to operate some of the most complicated machines on Earth while also engaging in intense combat situations.

The feeling of hopping into a cockpit where every switch and button can have dramatic consequences is daunting enough, but being asked to figure out the inner workings of your plane and account for the physics of flight while an expertly piloted enemy vessel is trying to shoot you down is enough to make even the most seasoned gamers feel overwhelmed. It's enough to make you hope that this isn't actually an accurate simulation just so you don't have to imagine that this is what real combat pilots have to go through.